I dont know what tracks you go to but I've seen several wheels get packed this year.BigRightRear wrote:The tracks are so dry that the chances of packing a wheel with dust is minimal...time for a new safe invention.

I dont know what tracks you go to but I've seen several wheels get packed this year.BigRightRear wrote:The tracks are so dry that the chances of packing a wheel with dust is minimal...time for a new safe invention.
MehalickMotorsports14 wrote:another simple solution to do is just tape the end of the button... how many wheel covers have come off and there's no tape on the buttons?
Shafner79 wrote:MehalickMotorsports14 wrote:another simple solution to do is just tape the end of the button... how many wheel covers have come off and there's no tape on the buttons?
Tape on a muddy/dirty wheel cover will not work.
Short of outlawing the wheel covers (you pack the wheel full of mud, that's your problem, not mine), I think Kossuth has the most logical and practical solution. Take away the aerodynamics and Frisbee effect.kossuth wrote:The true problem is the thing is aerodynamic like a frisbee and is being tossed at about 130 mph. I'm not 100% sure how much less deadly a plastic cover would be over a metal one. At 130 mph I think either could cause major injury. I'm no engineer but seems to me the best way to keep them from launching is to make them as unaerodynamic as possible. Somebody mentioned I think over on hoseheads to put some sorta flap on the inside. Sounded like a decent idea, but not so sure how you could keep the deal balanced etc while it was on the car.
My idea is pretty simple. Take a piece of adhesive backed foam about 3-4 inches thick and attach it to the inside part of the metal/plastic covers. That way when the deal comes off there the foam will catch the air like a sail and either drive it into the ground or toss it upwards dissipating the energy.
Not so sure how it would work in practice being I'm in no way an engineer but to me if you make it as unaerodynamic as possible when on its own it won't fly (as fast/far)
I've posted something simular before, however my idea was a little more complicated but works off the same principal... Take a small square or triangle piece of material and mount it to the inside of the wheel cover with a spring loaded hindge, nothing fancy, just like one you can buy from the hardware store for a cabinet... You can lay that piece flat when you mount the cover, but if the cover flys off the spring loaded hindge will push the "fin" out perpendicular to the cover causing it to lose it's aerodynamics like a crappy paper air plane... Man I should stop suggesting this and just make and patent one, LOL, I could be giving a million dollar idea away, LOL...kossuth wrote:The true problem is the thing is aerodynamic like a frisbee and is being tossed at about 130 mph. I'm not 100% sure how much less deadly a plastic cover would be over a metal one. At 130 mph I think either could cause major injury. I'm no engineer but seems to me the best way to keep them from launching is to make them as unaerodynamic as possible. Somebody mentioned I think over on hoseheads to put some sorta flap on the inside. Sounded like a decent idea, but not so sure how you could keep the deal balanced etc while it was on the car.
My idea is pretty simple. Take a piece of adhesive backed foam about 3-4 inches thick and attach it to the inside part of the metal/plastic covers. That way when the deal comes off there the foam will catch the air like a sail and either drive it into the ground or toss it upwards dissipating the energy.
Not so sure how it would work in practice being I'm in no way an engineer but to me if you make it as unaerodynamic as possible when on its own it won't fly (as fast/far)
I'm not 100% sold on a tether. Reason being two fold.JTR13 wrote:I've posted something simular before, however my idea was a little more complicated but works off the same principal... Take a small square or triangle piece of material and mount it to the inside of the wheel cover with a spring loaded hindge, nothing fancy, just like one you can buy from the hardware store for a cabinet... You can lay that piece flat when you mount the cover, but if the cover flys off the spring loaded hindge will push the "fin" out perpendicular to the cover causing it to lose it's aerodynamics like a crappy paper air plane... Man I should stop suggesting this and just make and patent one, LOL, I could be giving a million dollar idea away, LOL...kossuth wrote:The true problem is the thing is aerodynamic like a frisbee and is being tossed at about 130 mph. I'm not 100% sure how much less deadly a plastic cover would be over a metal one. At 130 mph I think either could cause major injury. I'm no engineer but seems to me the best way to keep them from launching is to make them as unaerodynamic as possible. Somebody mentioned I think over on hoseheads to put some sorta flap on the inside. Sounded like a decent idea, but not so sure how you could keep the deal balanced etc while it was on the car.
My idea is pretty simple. Take a piece of adhesive backed foam about 3-4 inches thick and attach it to the inside part of the metal/plastic covers. That way when the deal comes off there the foam will catch the air like a sail and either drive it into the ground or toss it upwards dissipating the energy.
Not so sure how it would work in practice being I'm in no way an engineer but to me if you make it as unaerodynamic as possible when on its own it won't fly (as fast/far)
I think the tether idea would work too, however it is certain that the tether cord would break almost immediately, however it could be just enough to take the angle of trajectory away from the cover, making it act like a really poorly thrown frisbie instead of a chinese fighting star, lol...
kossuth wrote:I'm not 100% sold on a tether. Reason being two fold.JTR13 wrote:I've posted something simular before, however my idea was a little more complicated but works off the same principal... Take a small square or triangle piece of material and mount it to the inside of the wheel cover with a spring loaded hindge, nothing fancy, just like one you can buy from the hardware store for a cabinet... You can lay that piece flat when you mount the cover, but if the cover flys off the spring loaded hindge will push the "fin" out perpendicular to the cover causing it to lose it's aerodynamics like a crappy paper air plane... Man I should stop suggesting this and just make and patent one, LOL, I could be giving a million dollar idea away, LOL...kossuth wrote:The true problem is the thing is aerodynamic like a frisbee and is being tossed at about 130 mph. I'm not 100% sure how much less deadly a plastic cover would be over a metal one. At 130 mph I think either could cause major injury. I'm no engineer but seems to me the best way to keep them from launching is to make them as unaerodynamic as possible. Somebody mentioned I think over on hoseheads to put some sorta flap on the inside. Sounded like a decent idea, but not so sure how you could keep the deal balanced etc while it was on the car.
My idea is pretty simple. Take a piece of adhesive backed foam about 3-4 inches thick and attach it to the inside part of the metal/plastic covers. That way when the deal comes off there the foam will catch the air like a sail and either drive it into the ground or toss it upwards dissipating the energy.
Not so sure how it would work in practice being I'm in no way an engineer but to me if you make it as unaerodynamic as possible when on its own it won't fly (as fast/far)
I think the tether idea would work too, however it is certain that the tether cord would break almost immediately, however it could be just enough to take the angle of trajectory away from the cover, making it act like a really poorly thrown frisbie instead of a chinese fighting star, lol...
1. If another car comes up along side a car and happens to run over that thing while it's still tethered it could catch/try to wind itself around the other car's wheel possibly causing a huge wreck.
2. It doesn't adhere to the KISS principle. If it will be a pita to deal with when say the car has a flat and gets changed during a yellow then it may not get reattached properly etc.
Yea, I saw it flying thru the air. Came of of Larry Kelehers car after a hurried tire change under the 2 lap rule. Was fairly close to hitting the flagman. The flagman never saw it but his assistant did. I was always against the 2 lap rule to start with. This just adds fuel to the fire. Something needs to be done before somebody gets seriously hurt or killed.Shuey21 wrote:Just happened at Selinsgrove last night came up and slammed the catch fence that's in front of the fans by the covered grandstand luckily, could've been bad.
The foam inserts really aren't for keeping mud out of a wheel.. They are used to keep heat in the wheel/tire.. And honestly.. Hearing how the Saturday night track is using tires up.. Worse thing you could do is put a foamy in the wheel..ChickmagnetRacing wrote:Whatever just happened to the old-school foam inserts????
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